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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

A reflection in practice: School improvement. A superintendent's perspective: The Joliet story

Abstract

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In response to A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform (National Commission on Excellence in Education, 1983; hereinafter NCEE), the effective schools research by Weber (1971), Edmonds (1979), Brookover (1979), and Lezotte (1979), and more recently, A Nation Prepared: Teachers for the 21st Century (Carnegie Forum of Education & the Economy's Task Force on Teaching as a Profession, 1986; hereinafter referred to as the Carnegie Forum), many school districts intensified their efforts to reform schools.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Ed.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Education
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2011

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Coleman, Louise E.
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Thurston, Paul W.

Subjects

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Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • Copyright 1994 Coleman, Louise E.
Language dc:language
eng

Identifiers

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Identifier
AAI9503167
(UMI)AAI9503167
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/21701

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Last updated
2026-07-22
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citation

Coleman, Louise E.. A reflection in practice: School improvement. A superintendent's perspective: The Joliet story. Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/21701